Across
- 1. A continuous rise in the price of goods and services
- 4. A small ownership share of a company
- 7. airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
- 8. A procedure whereby property used as security for a loan is sold to pay the debt in the event of default
- 10. 1953 Eisenhower 20 yr plan to build 41,000 mi of highway, largest public works project in history
- 12. June 6, 1944, over a million allied troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II
- 13. Aid for the needy; welfare
- 14. Quality of life based on ownership of necessities and luxuries that make life easier
- 15. A period of reduced economic activity
Down
- 2. Act passed in 1941 that allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the U.S.
- 3. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. China joined later on the N. Korean side
- 5. (1954-1975) war between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
- 6. A rise in business activity after a recession or depression
- 9. A doctrine that stated if two opposing sides used Nuclear weapons, they would both be destroyed
- 11. Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons